Split Tunnelling with Kill Switch on Windows

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Hi there, I use Proton VPN with the permanent kill switch on my laptop with Windows 11 and every so often there is something that I can’t access through it (latest is the Paris Olympics ticketing) or I need to do an important video call on a slower network and I don’t want the added latency of the VPN or added risk of worse video quality. It is currently impossible to do what I can do on my Android phone, which is to have the always-on no-traffic-allowed-without VPN, but also still be able to exclude certain apps. The way I would likely use it is to potentially have a second browser that is excluded from VPN for those exceptional cases for example. Currently the only way to do split tunnelling on Windows is by disabling the killswitch so it all is a bit too all or nothing.

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I’m a nobody who practises browser compartmentalization so split tunneling is more important to me than a kill switch.

Proton vpn been pretty solid I run them 24/7 on all devices and televisions.

What’s your concern about your VPN dropping off unexpectedly?

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Although these two features are mutually exclusive, we’ll add your +1 to the existing feature request for compatibility between the two, to help our developers with future prioritization of new features.

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I am using VPN out of choice and not of necessity, thankfully. For example: If I am on an unsecured and/or shared WiFi network (e.g. coffee shop), I don’t want traffic to be exposed at any point in time. Without a killswitch that may happen, and you may not notice - e.g. when my laptop is accessing wifi before vpn is active, vpn server change, reconnects, minor drops, etc, etc.

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Thanks. I just realized that despite being able to setup Split Tunnelling in the app on Android, if always-on is enabled for the VPN the tunnelled app doesn’t have network access. Perhaps this should be something that is made obvious in the UI of the app, like you do on Windows.

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Using your mobile network carrier is a good option as long as hotspotting doesn’t incur roaming or data charges. I do this with virtual meetings that are less than half an hour long.

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Thanks, we’ll pass on the suggestion to the team.

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Please count me in as well

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Please count also me for +1 to this request

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+1. Some sites are rate limited and I usually have to disconnect my vpn to access them.